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Taylor Ward's Bat Should Play in Baltimore
Baltimore Orioles outfielder Taylor Ward is coming off the best power surge of his career, and he'll look to keep the home runs coming at a new home ballpark. Ward was dealt from the Angels to the Orioles during the offseason, and he'll now get to play half of his games at Camden Yards, one of the friendliest environments for power-hitting right-handers. 33 of Ward's 36 home runs last season would have left Oriole Park; only five other ballparks in MLB would have produced more favorable results for the veteran left fielder. While he did drop closer to the Mendoza line with a .228/.317/.475 slash line, Ward solidified himself as a very strong power threat while still posting an 11.3% walk rate and 117 wRC+. The biggest concern about Ward's game was his strikeout rate (26.4%), but that's a natural side effect of tapping into more power. He currently ranks as the #40 outfielder in RotoBaller's latest fantasy baseball rankings.
Source: RotoBaller
Source: RotoBaller
